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Hepatitis C virus infection in Guinea-Bissau: a sexually transmitted genotype 2 with parenteral amplification?

PloS one - 18 Apr 2007

Plamondon Mireille, Labbé Annie-Claude, Frost Eric, Deslandes Sylvie, Alves Alfredo Claudino, Bastien Nathalie, Pepin Jacques

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BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa is the continent with the highest prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Genotype 2 HCV is thought to have originated from West Africa several hundred years ago. Mechanisms of transmission remain poorly understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To deline...

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PMID: 17440608
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000372
PMCID: PMC1847532

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